CRN Cloud News

EMC aims to make it easy to help customers move between private and public clouds by acquiring Cloudscaling, which offers OpenStack-based technology that connects IaaS solutions to Amazon Web Services and Google Compute Platform.

The falling price of cloud storage helps with customer conversations, say solution providers, as it either opens the door to prospective new business or keeps a relationship going with the addition of new services.

Here we present part two of the 2014 Cloud Partner Program Guide, CRN's first-ever spotlight on those companies that have put significant resources into cloud partner programs and are backing up their channel.

Here we present part one of the 2014 Cloud Partner Program Guide, CRN's first-ever spotlight on those companies that have put signi­ficant resources into cloud partner programs and are backing up their channel.

Doron Kempel says selling hyper-convergence can be challenging for solution providers, but success will come from taking business from competitors that are unprepared or hesitant to embrace the technology.